Allied Air Night Bombardments Hit Berlin Vienna Paris
Upward of 5 000 planes, mostly American, bombed Berlin and Vienna and attacked Paris airdromes while targets on the French coast were hit. About 2 000 U S heavy bombers and fighters struck Berlin and Paris fields as Liberators bombed Vienna factories and airfields. The assault involved attacks from the south and southeast with fighters and heavy flak, and some missions reached Graz and Zagreb as well.
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London
Berlin
Vienna
Paris
U.S
Baltic
France
Alps
Avisio
Trenton
Brenner Pass
Germany
Graz
Austria
Zagreb
Croatia
Hitler
Atzgersdorf
Muchendorf
Setti
Wollensdorf
Wiener Neustadt
Avssio
Italy
Balkans
Anzio Drive Expands Italian Front in World War II
War dispatches report a second phase in Italy with Allied forces pressing the Adolf Hitler line and the Anzio beachhead offensive under General Clark. The aims are to sever German supply lines, threaten Kesselring's center, and force surrender or destruction of the enemy as Rome looms.
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Italy
Adolf Hitler
Anzio
Rome
Halian Peninsula
Harold Alexander
Mark Clark
Kesselring
Fifth Army
Tene
Clark
Tribute Paid Captain of Charlotte Firemen
A funeral for Capt. Robert T. Barnes of the Charlotte Fire Department closes the North Carolina Fire College and Drill School session. Some 300 visiting firemen resumed classes today as state officials emphasized the serious nature of the training. Graduation exercises are set for tomorrow night.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Fire College and Drill School
Robert T. Barnes
Charlotte Department
Sherwood Brockwell
Churchill Eyes Balkans for Victory and World Order
London reports Premier Churchill addressing the Commons with a Balkans focus as a future theater of triumph. He said the Allies will decide if Gany should change territory and that the Atlantic Charter does not bind future actions. He expressed hopes for Rome and suggested Turkey may stay out of early efforts while Allies aim to win in southeast Europe.
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London
Winston Churchill
Balkans
Commons
Gany
Rome
Turkey
Europe
Supreme Court Rules on Six Guilford Cases
The North Carolina Supreme Court reversed a Cumberland County decision awarding 323 cases of whisky seized at a Fayetteville area filling station to Roadway Express. Bert Hall, the driver, had faced unlawful possession and transportation charges. Other Guilford and surrounding cases were affirmed, reversed, or remanded.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Cumberland County
Fayetteville
Roadway Express Company
Bert Hall
White
Recorder’s Court
Superior
Charleston
S. C
Baltimore
Clean Election Urged by State Board Chairman
Raleigh and May 4 7 The state elections board chairman William doyner urged protecting election integrity by requiring a front row seat for each candidate’s representative at the Democratic primary ballot counting. He called for observers to see ballots, markings, and tabulation.
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Raleigh
William 7. Doyner
State Elections Board
Biltmore Man Kills 60 Japs In Struggle
A May dispatch from Namur Island Kwajalein Atoll reports 19 year old Marine Private First Class James M Thomas from Biltmore North Carolina killed 60 Japanese troops in combat. He has received the Bronze Star from Admiral Chester W Nimitz. No further details are provided.
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Washington
James M.thomas
Biltmore
N. C
Namur Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Edward F. Ryder
Thomas
Chester W. Nimitz
Diver Hid Body Search For Woman's Fate In Missouri
A Newport News diver joins the hunt for wealthy Mrs Jewett missing two weeks. Edward Jewett Martin, 24, is held on an open charge as police link him to bloodstained clothing and a purse in the case. A will copy and a lifeguard sighting tie Martin to the lake inquiry and possible claim to the estate.
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Surham
Newport News
Boonville
W. E. Gates
Martin
Jewett
M. M. Thompson
St. Louis Post Dispatch
H. E. King
W. H. Murdock
Superior Court
Q. K. Nimocks
Gates
London Poised For Invasion Of Continent
The Allies urge French patriots to prepare for D day as Britain speeds up troop dispositions and fleet assembly for the west invasion. Weather on the invasion coast is warm and clear with a haze over Dover Strait, while the BBC says French patriots will receive regular instructions from allied command.
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London
Dover Strait
British Broadcasting Corporation
Japanese Retreat In Honan As Chinese Counteroffensive Advances
Chinese high command announced a counterdrive in Henan turning the tide against Japanese forces threatening Shensi. After halting near Lushih the Chinese push east along the Lung Hai railway toward Shansiien while Loyang siege garrison fights back and three towns beyond the Peiping Hankow line are recaptured.
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Chungking
Shensi Province
St of China
Air
High Command
Henan
Lushih
Shensi
Lunghai Railway
Shanhsien
Lunghai
Loyang
Yi River
Peiping - Hankow
Third Revolution, Says Negro Speaker at State Convention
Osceola E. McKaine of Sumter, keynote speaker for the first state convention of the Progressive Negro Democratic party, called this the third revolution urging freedom for all South Carolinians. He is associate editor of the Lighthouse and Informer.
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Columbia
S. C
Osceola E. McKaine
Sumter
Progressive
Democratic Party
McKaine
Lighthouse and Informer
South Carolina
Son of Roosevelt Receives British Honor for North Africa Work
London reports Col. Elliott Roosevelt commander of an Eighth Air Force photo reconnaissance Wing received the British CBE for outstanding North African campaign work. Air Chief Marshal Leigh Mallory pinned the award, calling it a further link in US Britain wartime bonds. Roosevelt's unit contributed over 5.5 million reconnaissance photos for the Sicily invasion.
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London
Elliott Roosevelt
Eighth Air Force
United States
Marshall Trafford N. Leigh Mallory
Roosevelt
Britain
Sicily
FDR Defended By Biddle In Ward Seizure Ruling
Attorney General Biddle told Congress there is room for disagreement on the Ward seizure legalities but stated Roosevelt had authority to take over Montgomery Ward and Company properties under the War Labor Disputes Act and wartime prerogative. He urged clarification of the law to guide the President amid wartime labor conditions.
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Washington
Biddle
Congress
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward and Company
Russia Demands Bulgaria Break With Germany by May 25
An Ankara dispatch reports Russia will sever relations with Bulgaria unless it shifts policy by midnight May 25. Bulgaria, pressured by Germany and Russia, faces mounting internal calls for a solid front amid fears of a broader Balkan crisis.
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Ankara
Russia
Bulgaria
Germany
Balkan
Two Airfields Threatened by Allied Advances in New Guinea
Advanced Allied Forces report increased pressure on two Japanese airfields near Sarmi on the North Dutch New Guinea coast as U S Sixth Army advances after the Wakde Sarmi invasion. Allied air strikes from north and south hit Rabaul and other targets, with a 230 ton bombing at Wotje in the Marshalls noted by Nimitz.
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New Guinea
Maffin Bay
U. S. Sixth Army
Sarmi
Dutch New Guinea
Wakde-Sarmi
Hollandia
Tor
Bay
Geelvink Bay
Biak Island
Schouten
Manokwari
British New Guinea
Wewak
Rabaul
New Britain
Solomons
Ae Rabaul
Emirau
St. Matthias Islands
Pearl Harbor
Central Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Marshall Islands
Wot
New Radio Bill With Teeth Clears Committee Test
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee debates a drastic radio bill banning commercially sponsored news and rewriting the federal communications act. Chairman Wheeler and White expect a vote up or down in two to three weeks as they defend provisions forcing stations and networks to bear all news broadcast costs.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wheeler
D-Mont
White
Maine
Yanks Smash Through Flank At Cisterna
Allied forces push from Anzio and Liri Valley into Cisterna and Terracina as American armor breaches the Hitler line along the Liri valley. Canadian and French units advance toward Melfa and Pico, with 7,500 prisoners reported and heavy Allied air attacks on Nazi convoys.
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Naples
Terracina
Liri
Melfa
Anzio
U. S
Appian Way
Cisterna
Rome
Dough Boys
Pontine Marsh
Beachhead
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Velletri
de Luce
Pico
Monte Alto
Casilina
Eighth Army
Pontine Marshes
Pastor's Secretary Murdered in Detroit Church
Mrs. Jean Long, secretary to Rev. N. C. Liesemer at Twelfth Street Evangelical Church, was found stabbed to death inside the church. Police said the body was discovered at 9 am after she was last seen leaving the pastor's home about 8:30 pm yesterday.
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Detroit
Jean Long
Twelfth Street
N. C. Liesemer
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